Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 484C

  (1)   A sender identification is one or more of the things covered by subsection   (2) that is a message header that is, or is to be, used in a communication that is, or is to be, sent using any of the following services:

  (a)   a short message service;

  (b)   a multimedia message service;

  (c)   if another service is specified in an instrument under subsection   (4)--that other service.

  (2)   This subsection covers the following things:

  (a)   letters;

  (b)   numbers;

  (c)   symbols;

  (d)   if another thing is specified in an instrument under subsection   (5)--that other thing.

  (3)   Despite subsection   (1), a message header is not a sender identification if the message header consists only of numbers.

  (4)   The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a service for the purposes of paragraph   (1)(c).

  (5)   The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a thing for the purposes of paragraph   (2)(d).